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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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